ECLIPSE
SALE EXPECTED NEXT WEEKAny buyers interested in the assets
of Eclipse Aviation must put in a bid with the federal bankruptcy court
by the end of this week, or the sale will go to the current high bidder,
Eclipse Aerospace, which has made
an offer of $40 million, the Associated Press reported this week. If other
qualified bidders appear, an auction will be held as early as next week.
If no one else bids, Eclipse Aerospace would close the deal by the end
of this month. The owners of Eclipse Aerospace, Mike Press and Mason
Holland, have said they would keep the company in Albuquerque, provide
service and upgrades for the current fleet, and eventually restart
production. Both are owners of Eclipse jets. The Eclipse Owners Group,
which at one time was also seeking control of the company assets, has
abandoned its effort and now supports Eclipse Aerospace.
More...

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EPIC
AIR CLOSED, SAY LOCAL NEWS REPORTSThe doors are closed at
Epic Air, in Bend, Ore., and a notice on the door states that the
building's landlord has "taken possession of the premises" because Epic
is 20 days overdue on a lease payment, the Bend Bulletin has reported. About a month ago, Epic
had scaled back to about 15 employees, but a company spokesman told
AVweb at the time that the doors were still open and work on
airplanes was continuing. The company sells several kit aircraft,
including the Epic LT turboprop, which are assembled by customers with
expert help at the company's build center in Bend. One customer, Rich
Lucibella, of Florida, told the Bulletin that he and a group of other LT
owners may try to take over control of the company. "Our first efforts
are going to be to conserve the assets of this company because we
believe the [Epic LT] is still a wonderful design, anyone in the general
aviation community knows that, and after that, a way we can
simultaneously keep this company going in Central Oregon and finish the
planes," Lucibella said. More...

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CANADA
LENDS SAS MONEY TO BUY BOMBARDIER PLANESThe Canadian
government has come up with a creative way of ensuring the orders keep
flowing into Montreal-based Bombardier. It's helping to finance the
purchases for Bombardier's customers. Last week, International Trade
Minister Stockwell Day announced the government was writing a check to
Scandinavian Airlines SAS for $173 million CAD toward the cost (up to
$350 million total) of eight aircraft from Bombardier. If SAS defaults
on the loan, Canadian taxpayers will be on the hook. "[Export
Development Canada] is providing repayable loans to ensure the aircraft
production sector remains strong during this economic downturn," he said
in a news release. More...

Individualization
It's an unparalleled experience in aircraft ownership that puts the
Cirrus design team at your service to create color schemes, materials,
textures, and details that will make your Cirrus as original as you are.
Individualized stitching, leather color, embroidery, and embossing are
but a few of the options at your command. The choices are as broad as
your imagination to create a winged extension of your flying persona.
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FALCON
7X APPROVED FOR STEEP APPROACHESDassault says its Falcon 7X
is the first intercontinental bizjet to be certified for steep
approaches into some of the trickiest -- but most convenient --
executive airports. Dropping into London City Airport and Lugano,
Switzerland, for instance, requires up to a 6 degree approach angle and
a similarly aggressive takeoff. London City is particularly challenging
in that there's only 4327 feet of runway available for landing and 3,944
feet for takeoff. It must accomplish both within strict noise limits.
The certification means that a business person taking off from New York
or Los Angeles can be in downtown London a few minutes after landing
rather than having to drive an hour or more from one of the other
London-area airports. "Business aviation is all about the need for
efficiency and access to hard to reach places and an airport like London
City combines the two," said Dassault Falcon CEO John Rosanvallon.
"Direct access to this important financial center is sure to benefit our
U.S. based Falcon 7X customers, allowing them to be in meetings moments
after landing." More...

DA42-BASED
UAV TESTEDIsraeli Aeronautics Defense Systems has tested a
new unmanned aerial vehicle based on the Diamond DA42 light twin. The
aircraft is named the Dominator II and flew for the first time in late
July. According to Defence Professionals, the pilotless platform builds
on the notoriously long legs of the diesel-powered DA42. The publication
says the twin can stay airborne for up to 28 hours with a 900-pound
payload. It will operate at speeds ranging from 75 to 190 knots and has
a maximum operating altitude of 30,000 feet. More...

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HUDSON
MIDAIR BRINGS SCRUTINY TO NY VFR CORRIDORS (AGAIN)The midair
collision Saturday of N71MC, a Piper PA32R aircraft, and N401LH, a
Eurocopter AS350 rotorcraft operated by Liberty Helicopters American
Eurocopter, over the Hudson River killed all nine people aboard both
aircraft and again brought attention to the flight rules that govern the
narrow, high-traffic VFR corridors that border Manhattan. On Monday,
elected officials staged a media event to draw attention to the dangers
they perceive from the general aviation traffic that flows through the
area. The National Air Transport Association (NATA) has also called the
media attention on the corridor operations "misplaced," saying the mix
of traffic in that area is "subject to numerous regulatory
requirements." More...

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THIS
COULD HAPPEN TO YOUMany pilots take for granted the idea
that their FBO will always be there for them  or at least that
their place on the airport is relatively secure  but that's not
always the case. At Hemet field in Southern California, the closing of
an FBO may mean not only the demise of a soaring club that's operated on
the field for about 40 years, but also the closing of the runway the
gliders use  basically altogether banishing glider operations from
the field. More...

JA Air Center, Your Source
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new GPSMap 696 with Victor Airways, Jet Routes, XM Weather, Terrain,
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JA Air Center is now open in Sugar Grove, IL (KARR) providing the
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Legendary pilot Joe Grant has become the
Society of Aviation Flight Educators' first honorary member. Grant was
born in 1908 and flew everything from Curtiss JN4s to Boeing 707s in his
long career.More...

WHO'S
WHERE? YOU TELL USGet a promotion or a new job? Your
colleagues want to know about it, and AVwebBiz can get the word
out. Drop us a line about the
staff appointment, with a nice recent photo, and we'll do our best to
include it in our new section, "Who's Where." The items will be
permanently archived on AVweb for future reference, too.More...

There are lots of new products at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2009. Here's AVweb's look at some of the more
interesting ones: Garmin G500 in Diamond's popular Eclipse trainer, the
Austro diesel-powered DA42 NG, and the Vampire LSA.

Once again, we visit the LSA Mall and
vendor booths at EAA AirVenture to see what don't-miss products we can
find among the displays. This time, we uncovered: VAL Avionics'
super-slim COM 2000 radio; a keen Bluetooth receiver/remote control from
ComLinkPro; and one of the handiest flight bags we've seen, at the
Brightline Bags booth.

Classic Cockpits DVDs
Rick Searle Productions takes you behind the stick of some of the
world's most incredible classic airplanes  the Douglas DC-3, the
PBY Catalina, the de Havilland Vampire, and the Avro Lancaster  in
a series of Classic Cockpits DVDs.

International Civil Aviation
Organization  ICAO
ICAO documents are now at the AVweb Bookstore in
convenient and economical eBook format. ICAO, a division of the
United Nations, sets the global standards for international aviation,
including communications, airport design, overseas routes, ATC, hazmat
transport, and much more. If you are involved with international air
transportation, these documents are critical information for your
operations and planning departments.
Click here for the growing product
listing.

Traditional Tactics Need a
Fresh Approach
Doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition
of insanity. Isn't it time to initiate a digital marketing program with
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